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{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=''Thorius infernalis'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T59412A53985683 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59412A53985683.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Thorius infernalis
| authority = Hanken, Wake & Freeman, 1999
}}
'''''Thorius infernalis''''', commonly known as the '''Atoyac minute salamander''', is a species of [[salamander]] in the family [[Plethodontidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to Mexico where it is only known from its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] in the [[Sierra Madre del Sur]] mountains in central [[Guerrero]].<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Thorius/Thorius-infernalis |title=''Thorius infernalis'' Hanken, Wake, and Freeman, 1999 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref> Its natural [[habitat]] is riparian vegetation along hillsides, presumably in forest. Much of the potential habitat is already converted into coffee plantations. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]] caused by expanding agriculture and human settlements.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" />
==References==
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[[Category:Thorius]]
[[Category:Endemic amphibians of Mexico]]
[[Category:Fauna of the Sierra Madre del Sur]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 1999]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
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